Minnesota man Jon Miller, 84, charged with killing hitchhiking woman in Wisconsin in 1974

Minnesota man Jon Miller, 84, charged with killing hitchhiking woman in Wisconsin in 1974

By WCCO Staff, John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story     OWATONNA, Minnesota (WCCO) — An 84-year-old southern Minnesota man has been charged with murder in a 50-year-old Wisconsin cold case once thought to be the work of a notorious serial killer and former Green Bay Packer. On Feb. 15, 1974, Mary K. Schlais was found dead in an intersection in the Township of Spring Brook, Dunn County, according to the sheriff’s office there. Pol…

84-year-old charged in 1974 cold case murder of hitchhiker thanks to DNA from hat left at scene

Jon Keith Miller, 84, was charged with killing Mary Schlais as the 25-year-old hitchhiked to a Chicago art show in 1974 after DNA from a hat he left at the scene led investigators to the alleged killer.

84-year-old Minnesota man arrested in hitchhiker’s 1974 cold case homicide

MENOMONIE, Wis. — An 84-year-old Owatonna, Minn., man has been charged with a 50-year-old unsolved murder that occurred in western Wisconsin’s Dunn County. Jon K. Miller was charged Thursday in Dunn County Circuit Court with first-degree murder. “On February 15, 1974, Mary K. Schlais was found deceased near the intersection of 408th Ave. and 990th St. in the Township of Spring Brook,” wrote Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd in a press release. “Mar…

84-year-old Minnesota man charged with killing hitchhiking woman in Wisconsin in 1974

OWATONNA, Minn. (KFGO-WCCO) - An 84-year-old southern Minnesota man has been charged with murder in a 50-year-...